Queen Marchesa by Renan05almeida

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Queen Marchesa deck plays an interactive Mardu Aikido strategy designed to control multiplayer combat dynamics. In the opening turns, dense 2-mana rock ramp accelerates deployment of Queen Marchesa or defensive enchantments to introduce the monarch and establish card flow. The deck discourages attacks using attack taxes such as Ghostly Prison and Windborn Muse, while leaving mana open for devastating reactive traps like Inkshield, Deflecting Palm, and Comeuppance. Midgame momentum shifts through forced combat cards like Disrupt Decorum and Kardur, Doomscourge, which deplete opponents' life totals and creature boards against one another. Once opponents are softened, the deck transitions to the offensive using swarms generated by Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Myrel, Shield of Argive, Court of Grace, or large Inkling tokens to eliminate the last player. Its resilience comes from redundant monarch enchantments and independent token engines that operate seamlessly even without the commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Ardenvale
  • 1 Court of Embereth
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Court of Locthwain
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marchesa's Decree
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Take the Bait
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Throne of the High City
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vengeful Ancestor
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent